"If You're Not on Switch, You Might as Well Not Release a Game" — An Interview with Tribute Games

At PAX East, OnlySP had the opportunity to speak with Tribute Games about its latest game, Panzer Paladin, and the inspiration behind it.

[Gaming4Life1981]

Lmao.......

[madpuppy]

well said....
https://gph.is/1h6lVwl

[_SilverHawk_]

If a game is on the switch I'm not interested in playing it. The switch has 95 percent old games with the worst performance.

[indysurfn]

I agree SWITCH has less performance. But saying it has 95% old games is going way beyond being a fanboy.

[phoenixwing]

Only a sith deals in absolutes

[indysurfn]

ummmmmmm.........hmmmmmmm..... ...LOL......you realize that...

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

It should be "Siths have a tendency to deal in absolutes". haha

[ShadowWolf712]

No, and neither did George.

Even funnier when you realize he added this line and the one it responded to in order to take shots at George Bush.

[phoenixwing]

@shadow you read too deep into it. I just wanted to make a star wars reference, when he makes the statement saying you can't release a game if you don't put it on nintendo he's making a very wrong supposition and I decided to call him a sith because i like star wars

[AK91]

Comment of the year

[rainslacker]

He said with absolute resolve

[Tross]

It's interesting that Switch has earned that reputation of being the platform to release indie games. I can't act super surprised though as that's been my system of choice for these kinds of simplistic games. I could get them on my PS4 too, but I prefer using my PS4 for more complex titles.

[Sono421]

same, most indie games, or games that don't focus on online multiplayer, or have pretty weak graphics in general I will get on my switch, everything else is on my PS4 or PC

[AK91]

PFFTHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Vegamyster]

I'm sure this comment section will be civil.

In seriousness though from the perspective of a indie developer and demand across platforms i can see this, this was an article from a few years ago and a lot of indie devs were very pleased with sales on Switch: https://www.pcgamer.com/ind...

Some of the numbers given honestly surprised me, i had no idea how well these games were doing on the platform.

[Traecy]

Sure you're right...lol!!!

[morganfell]

There's a comment that will not age well.

[gold_drake]

ehm.. right. sure lol.

[porkChop]

I understand what they're saying. Indie games are seeing far better sales on Switch vs other platforms. But the other platforms are obviously still viable.

[Mr_Writer85]

@pork

I wonder how much of the constant high prices of digital AAA Switch games plays a part in this.

I own very few digital Switch games due to lackluster digital sales prices, so when I do buy digital I look more at the indies.

Possibly alot of other people feel the same.

That and a lack of a high capacity hard drive meaning you can get more indie games on a memory card than AAA giving you more options.

[Veneno]

I will at some point have to break down and get a Switch because that is the only platform with a physical edition of Disgaea 5 complete. But I'm sure by the time I get a Switch the game will be $100 bucks because it's out of print.

[FlintGREY]

PS Vita?

[Software_Lover]

But he’s a developer, and we have to take everything that they say as gold.

[Rachel_Alucard]

That usually has more to do with the lack of big titles outside of Nintendo's own IP, which are infrequent, and I don't see people lining up to play old ports of AAA titles that run worse then anything else. The E-shop last time I looked at it was filled with a ton of shovelware I'd never seen in my life because none of them were on any other platform and the typical indie games that get ported to every platform in the world. Also, the hardware gives people a lower standard for what looks good. So it's much less costly to develop for.

[KillBill]

"If You're Not on Switch, You Might as Well Not Release a Game" - right. so all those top selling games that never appeared on Switch are... what?

[BrainSyphoned]

A game and company named.....nope, already forgot.

[averagejoe26]

Ahhh yes, let's take the advice of random indie "developer" over Naughty Dog, From Software, etc.

[thedr904]

I mean, first of all, they're talking about indie developers specifically, not those AAA studios. And secondly, Naughty Dog doesn't have a choice of platforms at all lmao

[Germaximus]

At this point the Switch has more shovelware than Steam.

[ShadowWolf712]

Pffffft

Ok

[Terry_B]

Hilarious. ..Are they...Okay?

[Edgelordsupreme]

This comment section sure filled up with insecurity really fast.

[meka2611]

Ah yes let's bash the switch, but if he said this about PlayStation everyone on this site would be praising this guy to no end. Christ I love the news I get here but the people are horrible, myself included.